Business Electric Vehicles

Installing charging stations on your property can provide a valuable amenity for attracting and retaining new customers or employees who are current electric vehicle owners or those who may be considering purchasing an electric vehicle. This not only benefits your customers and employees but also helps demonstrate your environmental leadership.

SMUD can help you provide this valuable amenity by offering an incentive of up to $120,000 for each DC fast charger project. Incentives are available for up to 6 projects per year and apply to DC fast chargers that are accessible to the public.

Installing charging stations on your property can provide a valuable amenity for attracting and retaining tenants who are current electric vehicle owners or those who may be considering purchasing an electric vehicle. This not only benefits your tenants but also helps demonstrate your environmental leadership.

SMUD can help you provide this convenience to your tenants by offering a $1,500 incentive for each Level 2 (240V) hardwired wall or pedestal mounted electric vehicle charger port on your property. Up to 20 electric vehicle charger incentives are available per property.

Charging stations at workplaces, where cars spend much of their time, is a benefit that can help meet the needs of your employees who own or are considering an electric vehicle. Installing charging stations at your workplace not only benefits your employees but also helps demonstrate your environmental leadership.

SMUD can help you provide this valuable amenity to your employees by offering a $1,500 incentive for each Level 2 (240V) hardwired wall or pedestal mounted electric vehicle charger port at your place of business. Up to 20 electric vehicle charger incentives are available per business location.

Electric forklifts have lower operating costs, no emissions, less maintenance and are quieter to operate. When you’re ready to purchase electric powered forklifts, let SMUD help. SMUD’s Electric Forklift Program will provide a $2,000 per forklift incentive to SMUD commercial customers. Vendors are eligible for $1,000 per forklift for the sale of the forklift to SMUD customers.

Rebate funding information: In support of greenhouse gas emission reduction, the State of California adopted a new policy in 2009 called the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The LCFS regulation was developed by the State of California Air Resources Board (CARB) and was re-adopted on January 1, 2016. SMUD is participating in this program and is required to spend LCFS revenue (not SMUD ratepayer funds) on qualifying categories including: education on the benefits of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) transportation, communication of benefits of PEVs to current and future PEV customers and other promotion to help increase the adoption of PEVs in the SMUD service territory.